[cups.general] printing options

[Bernhard Kalhoff G4-X-Saf]

Thank you for your reply.
The printer definition is as follows:
printer1 is permanently re-directed to printer2 using device URI  
=ipp://localhost/printers/printer2
where printer2 uses a normal backend.

If the lp/lpr command with options is given for printer2, the options  
are passed to the backend.
If the command is given for printer1 then the options are not passed  
to printer2.

Is this a feature or an error ?

Is there a better method to re-direct a queue ?

Bernhard

Am 29.07.2005 um 14:15 schrieb Helge Blischke:

> kalhoff at rz.uni-kiel.de wrote:
>
>>
>> I tried different variants:
>>     lpr -P printer -o key=value ...
>>     lp -d printer -o key=value ...
>>     lp -d printer -o portrait ...
>>     lpr -o key=value -P printer ...
>>     lp -o key=value -d printer ...
>>     lpoptions -d printer -o key=value
>>
>> without receiving any value in the options parameter of the backend.
>>
>> Bernhard
>>
>>
>>> kalhoff at rz.uni-kiel.de wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> How can I pass a job specific printing option to a CUPS backend ?
>>>> I tried ' lpr -P printer -o key=value ..." and "lpoptions -d  
>>>> printer
>>>> -o
>>>> key=value"
>>>> but the options parameter of the backend remains empty.
>>>>
>>>> Bernhard
>>>>
>>>
>>> What if you try the lp command?
>>> But is should work anyway.
>>>
>>> Helge
>>>
>>>
>
> I do it all the time. Be aware that the options parameter which is  
> passed
> to the backend (as well as to the filters) is ONE string containing  
> all
> options separated by space.
>
> Helge
>
>
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